Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1887-05-05
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CITY COUNCIL.

CITY COUNCIL.
Regular meeting of city council Mon
day night, Mayor Graham in the chair.
Present-Aldermen Clark, Dole, Driscoll,
Hughes, Ingraham, Mueller and Wat
son. Absent-Alderman Selvidge.
The minutes Of the last regular and
intervening special meetings were read
and approved.
Petition from BARRIERS praying the pas
sage of an ordinance making the closing
of barber shops compulsory and attach
ing a penalty for the violation of the
same, was received.
Alderman Driscol related several in
stances where the enforcement of the
Sunday ordinance had been burden to
some who wished to purchase goods on
Sunday.
Chief of Police Schmitz stated that the
BARRIERS had mutually agreed to penalty
of $25.OO for the violation of such an
agreement, which they had circulated
and generally signed.
Petition was on motion laid on the
table.
Petition of r. G. DePuy asking for the
building OF cross walks connecting the
sidewalks in front of his residence was
referred to the committee on streets and
bridges with power to build one cross
ing.
Petition from residents of blocks l, 2
and 3, Kelley & Fuller's addition praying
the building of sidewalk on the north
side of said blocks was received.
Alderman Driscoll thought that walk
the most needed in the city.
This is the same walk petitioned for
last fall and upon which petition because
of a remonstrance from the majority of
the property owners, no action was
taken.
The report and analysis of the Min
neapois chemist upon the artesian we'll
water was placed on file.
The matter of the condition OF the
sidewalk which was ordered built on
Third avenue running beyond Capt.
Hicks last summer, was brought up by
Alderman Watson and thoroughly venti-
lated.
Alderman Watson moved that the
building of the walk be completed, pro-
yided the county commissioners bear the
expense of laying across the county prop
erty. Carried.
Alderman Driscoll introduced a resolu-
ton ordering the laying of five foot
sidewalk on the north side of blocks l, 2
and in Kelley & Fuller's second addi-
ton. Resolution adopted.
Alderman Hughes called attention to
the building of the sidewalk in block 70,
Klaus, addition. Alderman Clark moved
that the street and bridge committee be
instructed to build the side walk when A.
G. Mcmillan builds his portion. City
Clerk Blewett objected to the ordering
sidewalks built without giving a written
description of the location.
Alderman Clark's motion was carried.
Alderman Dole, of the committee on
public libraries, reported that while in fa-
vor of the public library the committee
could not recommend the acceptance OF
President Whites proposition on behalf
of the Reading Room association, at
present, but was in favor of SO doing
when the city was financially able to
do SO.
Alderman Watson, of the committee |
on water mains, reported that a system
OF water works had been mapped out.
The committee favored the owning of the |
system by the city itself. The system as
planned provides ultimately for S-inch
main up Fifth avenue to Wisconsin ave-
nue. and from thence to the river 6-inch
pipe. A parallel pipe on Second avenue
running north and south from Sixth
street to St. Paul avenue. intersections
to be every two blocks Another
parallel pipe on Eighth avenue, running
from Main street to Wisconsin avenue;
connecting same way as the others, to be
carried over one block on Wisconsin ave-
nue. to Seventh avenue, thence south to
Dakota avenue. From Dakota avenue
pipe would then be laid to Fifth avenue
again connecting with the main pipe. By
this system fve-sixths of the buildings OF
the town would have fire protection. The
cost would probably be about $1.4O per
foot, and cost $23.795, which with the
fire plugs would probably add $4,000 to
that amount. Mr.. Watson thought that
with levy of three mills each year for
three or four years the system would be
and the city provided with an
admirable and efficient fire service. Mr..
Watson then introduced resolution to
the effect that the city proceed to develop